Drug & Alcohol Testing Industry News
Addictions experts advise for decriminalization of personal drug use
It has been a year of drug policy change for Canada and many drug addictions experts are saying that this should just be the start. Those who work within addictions and frontline health services are looking towards the decriminalization of all drugs. This is seen not...
Cannabis users and growers still turning to black market
As the legalization of cannabis settles in, coming up on the one month mark, there are many challenges which have arisen in the legal sales arena. There have been issues across the country with the legal dispensaries, either online (ON) or store fronts (NB, QC)...
Shoppers advising doctors about medicinal cannabis use
Shoppers Drug Mart has begun a series of events which are being marketed to doctors as educational events which will give them the ability to “capably and confidently authorize medical cannabis for your patients”. So said the notice which was sent out to doctors...
Western crime ring busted
The Canadian police forces in western Canada, with the help of the RCMP, have concluded a 10-month investigation ending with a major bust. Winnipeg police have seized nearly $3 million worth of illicit drugs and arrested ten people who face multiple drug trafficking...
Drug-impairment testing still needs work
Cannabis has now been legal in Canada for nearly three weeks but that doesn’t mean that the efficacy of roadside impairment testing is where it needs to be. Chief. Supt Dennis Daley of the RCMP told The Fifth Estate that the testing that currently exists for...
Crystal meth use on the rise in the Prairies
There is growing concern in the prairies regarding the rise in the use of crystal meth due to fear over fentanyl deaths and it being a cheaper choice for users. Although opioid use continues to be a public-health crisis police in the prairies are saying that crystal...
Overdose-prevention system gets overhaul in Ontario
The Ontario government has decided that they will continue with the system for overdose prevention set up in the province. Premier Doug Ford was vocal about his opposition to the safe-injection and overdose-prevention sites during the spring election, but after being...
Canada’s problem with drug diversion
Drug diversion is the term used for the theft of pharmaceuticals by those who have access due to their position, often nurses or doctors, sometimes pharmacists or aids within the hospital system. Sometimes these so called “diversions” will be for personal use (for...
Calgary police choose zero-use policy for cannabis
The Calgary police have decided that they will be instilling a zero-use policy for cannabis once it is legalized next week. A memo put out in September notified the available-for-duty officers who are qualified to use a handgun that they are banned from any use of the...